Michelle Papka, Ph.D.
Michelle Papka, Ph.D
Dr. Michelle Papka is a respected thought leader in AD who has over 30 years combined experience as a researcher and clinician specializing in the field of aging, Alzheimer’s disease, and dementia. She has practiced as a neuropsychologist, psychotherapist, and researcher, and has served as the Principal Investigator on industry-sponsored clinical trials for Alzheimer’s disease and age-related cognitive impairment for over 15 years. Dr. Papka is an active public speaker, author, invited editor, grant reviewer, consultant, and committee member of multiple specialized organizations and publications in the field of aging and Alzheimer’s Disease. She serves on advisory boards and committees in the pharmaceutical industry, including big pharma and smaller, start-up companies.
Dr. Papka started her career in academia at the University of Rochester Medical Center and then moved back to New Jersey (her home state), where she served as the Co-Director of the Cognitive and Memory Disorders Program at Saint Barnabas Medical Center and then as a private practice Neuropsychologist at Atlantic Medical Center. She founded her private clinical practice in 2001 and The Cognitive and Research Center of New Jersey in 2009. She presides over the flagship site in Springfield, NJ and the newer site in Ridgewood, NJ. She writes a monthly Q & A column for the Star Ledger and is the founder of the annual New Jersey Statewide Memory Screening event each November in honor of Alzheimer’s Awareness month.
The CRCNJ was recently acquired by Pinnacle Clinical Research and Dr. Papka serves as the Scientific Director of CNS for the Pinnacle Network and Key Opinion Leader Consultant to CNS to Summit Clinical Research, a related entity.
She is known for her passion to the field, dedication to patients and their causes, and an educator in the community. She is happy to be here today and serving her home state of NJ.
(New Jersey License # SI 03813, New York License # 013144-1)
